Good stuff: Temples of words.

I just saw this amazing, mind-blowing, delightfully gob-smacking picture over at boingboing:

This is a church that has been reimagined into a bookstore. A bookstore! If I lived within walking distance of this glorious place, I fear my retirement fund would be gobbled right up. And then I’d move on to the kids’ college fund. (Luckily/sadly, it’s across the ocean, in Holland).

BUT, if I spent all our money on books, I would have to put at least a little aside, in order to retro-fit my house to accomodate my purchases.

I think this should do it:

(For more achingly killer views of both book utopias, go to Merkx+Girod Architects and Gizmodo).

Emilys are the world.

Ok, this is just… odd. I’ve just discovered a woman named Emily who maintains a book blog called (wait for it): “The World Inside My Head.”

No! Really! The World Inside My Head – Emily’s Book Blog.

(The world? She is theeeeeese small!)